Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to fight December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two will square off at 147 pounds and will wear eight ounce gloves. The deal hasn’t been finalized because the two sides are still haggling over the size of the purse. Reports say team De La Hoya wants to split the purse 70-30, but Manny’s camp wants 60-40 (in favor of Oscar). They’ll figure it out soon because neither side is gonna let this payday pass them by.

Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, boxing

The long awaited fight between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will finally happen on Saturday. Hopefully the night will provide the shine for boxing that Floyd and Oscar failed to deliver. Mayweather lives in Vegas so he should have great support from the crowd, but the Brits travel well so there will definitely be a pro-Hatton presence. Plenty of Americans will be pulling for Hatton out of spite for Floyd, and Mike Tyson is one of them.

“I just want the best man to win and that means Ricky Hatton. He’s a great kid. I don’t like Floyd Mayweather.”

By Mike’s own reasoning, nobody would have ever picked him in one of his fights. I’m not sure what you have to do to be out of favor with Mike Tyson, but apparently Mayweather has crossed the line.. It could be that Mike doesn’t find Floyd’s male rape prison fantasy entertaining, or maybe it’s Floyd’s flashy style. If I had to put some money on it, I would say it’s one of Mike’s bipolar episodes, and tomorrow he’ll say how he hates England and he hopes Floyd Mayweather kicks Ricky Hatton’s ass.. Yeah either that or Mike Tyson’s on to something.

Even Tyson is a Ricky Fan. Courtesy of The Daily Express

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Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton throw down in two weeks at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. It has the potential to be the fight of the year.. Two undefeated fighters, Mayweather’s the WBC welterweight and pound-for-pound champion, while Hatton’s an English fighting machine. Buy this fight on ppv and don’t worry about a Mayweather/De La Hoya type of fight, something Hatton’s style won’t allow.As is the norm, the fighters have been engaging in a war of words on their press circuit. It started with all of the normal I’m gonna whip your ass and you talk too much verbal jabbing.. But Floyd Mayweather decided to up the ante.

The Pretty Boy got the party started with this comment to Ricky Hatton:

“I wish I was in prison with you. I’d make you my bitch.”

If I’m a millionaire, wishing I was in prison so I could make somebody my bitch wouldn’t be high on my list.. Even if I was scheduled to go 12 rounds with the guy, I wouldn’t hope to be behind bars just to say gotcha… Sticking with the prison theme, Hatton says Mayweather wanted to get OZ close and personal with him:

“What Floyd doesn’t know is that I don’t get insulted. But he was very offensive. He told me he wanted to buttf*** me.”

Bravo Floyd.. You’ve joined Mike Tyson on the shortlist of boxers that want to pleasure punish their opponents sexually. Are these guys pugilists or a pirates? Only in America and only in boxing. I’m glad we don’t have this in other sports.. Can you imagine if Josh Beckett said “Not only will I beat the Yankees.. I’m gonna rape Jeter” ? Yeah, that probably wouldn’t go over so well..

I’ll drop my prediction for the fight when it gets closer, but it shouldn’t be hard to figure out if you’ve been watching boxing lately.

Ricky’s My Bitch. Courtesy of The Sun.

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